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Spencer, MA

5,520 Population
2.1 square miles 2,616.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

50.8 ±7.3 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Worcester, MA Metro Area: 40.3 ±0.2
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 40 ±0.1

Economics

$35,488 ±$3,662 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Worcester, MA Metro Area: $47,780 ±$583
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Massachusetts: $56,284 ±$289
$59,618 ±$17,929 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Worcester, MA Metro Area: $93,561 ±$1,275
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Massachusetts: $101,341 ±$539

11.4% ±5% (630  ±287) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Worcester, MA Metro Area: 10.3% 86,428 (±0.5% / ±3,926)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 10% 676,516 (±0.2% / ±12,095)

35.2 minutes ±9.3 (82,855  ±14,477) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Worcester, MA Metro Area: 29.6 10,985,600 (±0.3 / ±175,685)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 29.3 87,917,376 (±0.1 / ±449,257)

Families

2,681 ±370 Number of households
  • the Worcester, MA Metro Area: 333,273 ±1,196
  • Massachusetts: 2,762,070 ±5,223
2.1 ±0.4 (5,509  ±611) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Worcester, MA Metro Area: 2.5 834,338 (±0 / ±191)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,759,181

3.7% ±6.4% (34  ±60) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Worcester, MA Metro Area: 5% 9,926 (±0.4% / ±828)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 4.4% 73,953 (±0.1% / ±2,140)

Housing

3,153 ±410 Number of housing units
  • the Worcester, MA Metro Area: 353,405 ±195
  • Massachusetts: 3,014,657 ±502

$297,700 ±$34,339 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Worcester, MA Metro Area: $390,700 ±$3,366
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Massachusetts: $525,800 ±$2,244

8.2% ±5.5% (452  ±303.5) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Worcester, MA Metro Area: 11.2% 95,738 (±0.5% / ±3,956.3)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Massachusetts: 12% 831,356 (±0.2% / ±11,392.9)

Social

88.5% ±13.4% (3,780  ±730.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Worcester, MA Metro Area: 91.3% 550,060 (±0.9% / ±5,579.6)
  • a little less than the rate in Massachusetts: 91.4% 4,520,421 (±0.4% / ±17,553.1)
15.7% ±6.1% (669  ±272.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Worcester, MA Metro Area: 39% 235,094 (±0.6% / ±3,514)
  • about one-third of the rate in Massachusetts: 46.6% 2,305,899 (±0.3% / ±12,376.1)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

2.7% ±2.3% (150  ±126) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in the Worcester, MA Metro Area: 13.8% 119,141
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Massachusetts: 17.7% 1,236,518

5.1% ±2% (242  ±98) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in the Worcester, MA Metro Area: 5.3% 36,007 (±0.2% / ±1,605)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 253,731 (±0.1% / ±3,490)
242 Total veterans ±98 242 Male ±98 N/A Female ±19

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